typhl-

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĭfl, IPA^(key): /tɪfl/

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek τῠφλός (tŭphlós, “blind”).

Prefix

typhl-

1. blind, blindness

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with typhl-

typhlitis

typhlograph

typhlosole

• nyctotyphlosis (obsolete, rare)
• typhlitis
• typhlocolitis
• typhlograph
• typhlology

Related terms

• typhlope (zoölogy, rare)
• typhlophthalmic (zoölogy, rare)

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek τῠφλόν (tŭphlón, “cæcum”, “blind gut”), the neuter form of τῠφλός (tŭphlós, “blind”), whence typhl-¹.

Prefix

typhl-

1. (anatomy) caecum

Derived terms

• typhlatony
• typhlectomy
• typhlenteritis
• typhlodicliditis
• typhlolithiasis
• typhlopexy
• typhlostenosis
• typhlotomy

Related terms

• paratyphlitis (medicine, obsolete, rare)
• perityphlitis (medicine, chiefly historical) →
  • perityphlitic (pathology, rare)
• typhlitis (pathology) →
  • typhlitic

References

• “typhlo-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]